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Edmonds, Eric V. - 2014

How important are subsistence concerns in a family's decision to send a child to work? We consider this question in Ecuador, where poor families are selected at random to receive a cash transfer that is equivalent to 7 percent of monthly expenditures. Winning the cash transfer lottery is...

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Trade Adjustment and Human Capital Investments : Evidence from Indian Tariff Reform

Edmonds, Eric V. - 2010

a failure to follow the national trend in poverty reduction. Schooling costs appear to play a large role in this … relationship between poverty, schooling, and child labor. Extrapolating from our results, our estimates imply that roughly half of … India's rise in schooling and a third of the fall in child labor during the 1990s can be explained by falling poverty and …

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The Impact of Financial Education for Youth in Ghana

Berry, James - 2015

and junior high schools in Ghana. One program integrated financial and social education, whereas the second program only …

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Unpacking a Multi-Faceted Program to Build Sustainable Income for the Very Poor

Banerjee, Abhijit V. - 2018

build sustainable income for those in extreme poverty. We focus on two important questions: whether a mere grant of …

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Does Poverty Change Labor Supply? Evidence from Multiple Income Effects and 115,579 Bags

Banerjee, Abhijit V.; Karlan, Dean; Trachtman, Hannah; … - 2022

northern Ghana combined with a bag-making operation that we implemented. We find strong evidence of a positive “income effect …

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Mental Health Therapy as a Core Strategy for Increasing Human Capital : Evidence from Ghana

Barker, Nathan; Bryan, Gharad; Karlan, Dean; … - 2023

households in rural Ghana. Results from 2-3 months after a randomized intervention show strong impacts on mental and physical …

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The Impact of Minimum Age of Employment Regulation on Child Labor and Schooling : Evidence from Unicef Mics Countries

Edmonds, Eric V. - 2013

Promoting minimum age of employment regulation has been a centerpiece in child labor policy for the last 15 years. If enforced, minimum age regulation would change the age profile of paid child employment. Using micro-data from 59 mostly low-income countries, we observe that age can explain less...

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Do International Labor Standards Contribute to the Persistence of the Child Labor Problem?

Doepke, Matthias - 2014

In recent years, a number of governments and consumer groups in rich countries have tried to discourage the use of child labor in poor countries through measures such as product boycotts and the imposition of international labor standards. The purported objective of such measures is to reduce...

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Child Labor : The Role of Income Variability and Access to Credit Across Countries

Dehejia, Rajeev H.; Gatti, Roberta - 2021

This paper examines the relationship between child labor and access to credit at a cross-country level. Even though this link is theoretically central to child labor, so far there has been little work done to assess its importance empirically. We measure child labor as a country aggregate, and...

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Child Labor, Crop Shocks, and Credit Constraints

Beegle, Kathleen; Dehejia, Rajeev H.; Gatti, Roberta - 2021

This paper examines the relationship between household income shocks and child labor. In particular, we investigate the extent to which transitory income shocks lead to increases in child labor and whether household access to credit mitigates the effects of these shocks. Using panel data from a...

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